When did GM first introduce the COPO option ?

[Jeff Murphy]

If I'm not mistaken, Fred Gibb used the COPO system to help LaHarpe area residents get cars in the immediate post-WWII days. Apparently, GM still rationed cars and gave priority to fleet orders for public services.

So Gibb got the idea to order a fleet of "taxis". He then sold those "taxis" to the local folks that couldn't get a car any other way...

By the time GM figured out that LaHarpe's 6000 population couldn't support a fleet of 50 taxis, it was too late.

It was only a matter of time before the Novas and ZL-1s...